About Katara Village

Katara is a mid sized village in Kadwa tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,250, made up of 653 males and 597 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101 hectares hectares.

Katara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katara village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Kadwa
Area (hectares)	101 hectares
Population	1,250
Male Population	653
Female Population	597
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katara compares

By the 2011 count Katara is the 85th largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,532 residents. Its 101 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Katara

Katara is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Katara as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katara from other places

Katara lies about 92 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Narpatganj, about 14 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Katara
Nearest town	Chhātāpur	5.9 km
Nearest railway station	Narpatganj	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kadwa	31 km
District headquarters	Katihar	92 km

Villages closest to Katara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kadwa tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Katara

As per the Census of India 2011, Katara village had a population of 1,250. That makes it the 85th largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,532 residents.

Katara village has 653 males and 597 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katara has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 921.

Katara covers 101 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Katara falls under Kadwa tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Katara is Narpatganj, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Katara.

Katara is about 92 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katara is in Kadwa tehsil of Katihar district. Chhātāpur is about 5.9 km away. Narpatganj is about 14 km away. Kadwa is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.